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Thea's overprotective parents are driving her insane. They invade her privacy, ask too many...
Volo's Guide to Monsters (Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition)
Tabletop Game
Immerse yourself in monster lore in this supplement for the world’s greatest roleplaying game ...
Secret Hitler
Tabletop Game
Secret Hitler is a dramatic game of political intrigue and betrayal set in 1930s Germany. Each...
Social Deduction
Gloom of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game
Tabletop Game
The land of Kilforth is a perilous domain filled with nefarious monsters, mysterious Strangers and...
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Nix in Books
Dec 4, 2017
It spans nearly fifty years, with flashbacks to student protests during 1968, from the present day, and the travails of an academic, struggling to engage with lazy and disaffected students, and playing ‘Elfscape’, an online role-playing game that works along the lines of World of Warcraft. The narrative perspective moves around quite a bit in the first few chapters, but a strong theme quickly emerges.
Samuel Andresen-Anderson is the principal protagonist, and is a genuinely empathetic character. Far from perfect, he is beset with irritations, ranging from the cheating and ignorance of many of his students to the family upheaval suffered during his childhood, which still troubles him more than twenty years later.
Behind all this is the story of Faye, Samuel’s mother, who walked out on her family more than twenty years earlier, and who is catapulted into the public consciousness following a sudden impulsive act. This offered Hill the opportunity for some acute observations about the motives and actions of the student rebels from the late 1960s, while also exposing the hypocrisies of the establishment and the cruelties of some of the police during those troubles. In between, the author even delves into Norwegian folklore.
The writing is fine – clear and accessible - and Hill manages the complex storylines admirably. Moving backwards and forwards between the late 1960s, late 1980s and 2011, the plot never flags. This was a long novel, but very entertaining throughout.
TacomaSquall (3 KP) rated Mass Effect: Andromeda in Video Games
Aug 11, 2018
I was fortunate to avoid most of the initial bugs in the animation, but was disappointed in the limited exploration available. While I liked the Angara, they couldn't get me to care about them as much as the original games caused me to care about the Quarians and Krogan.
I was tickled by the interactions between the members of the cast, which were dynamic and as detailed as the crew of the Normandy's had been. In the end, it was the team supporting the Pathfinder that sold me on the game, and kept me going to the madcap pell-mell race to the ending.
Yes, it was rushed. Yes, it felt incomplete. But a mediocre installment in the Mass Effect universe still is better than the majority of RPGs out there.
Storm King's Thunder (Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition)
Tabletop Game
Take a stand against the giants in this adventure for the world’s greatest roleplaying game ...
Shoe Maker Games for Girls: Fashion Design Stylist
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*** Great news for all fashionistas out there!*** **If you're all into shoes and think you have...
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